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Trunnion vs Journal - What's the difference?

trunnion | journal |

As nouns the difference between trunnion and journal

is that trunnion is one of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon while journal is a diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.

As an adjective journal is

daily.

As a verb journal is

to archive or record something.

trunnion

English

Alternative forms

* trunion

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon.
  • A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool.
  • journal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * journall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Daily.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xi:
  • his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest [...].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
  • A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
  • (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
  • (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
  • Derived terms

    * e-journal * journalism * journalist * academic journal * item journal * transaction journal * before image journal * after image journal * shadow server journal * mirror server journal * scientific journal * scholarly journal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To archive or record something.
  • To scrapbook.
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